A/N: Ok, first things. I am very sorry that I have not been updating my ofther stories. This has been because my computer bit the dust, so I'm working on this one I made last night for anybody that wants to rewrite the next chapter for every other story I have on this site. Wish me luck and I'm sorry about the delay.
To Behold Nature
Chapter 1: A Cross Dimentional Thank You.
A warm mid-day breeze calmly drifted across the lazy surface of N. Sanity island. The quiet atmosphere of the tangled jungle lay undisturbed, save for two voices.
"Crash!"
Coco, a young anthropoid bandicoot could be heard yelling at her older brother. Who had spilled wampa juice, from the fruit he was eating, onto the keyboard of her precious pink laptop.
"How many times do I have to tell you not to eat over me while I'm on my computer!" She demanded as she gently yet quickly began to wipe the sticky purple juice from the laptop's silver keys. Her brother just scratched the back of his head and tried to avoid eye contact with the younger bandicoot. Who only let out an angry "huff!" as she closed her laptop and slowly climb to her feet. Coco was about o say something to him when all of a sudden Aku-Aku appeared before them.
"Children, please come home at once. There are some people I would like you to meet waiting for you there." He told them with a joyous look on his face. Both bandicoots sigh, though one was in anger and the other in relief.
The tiny group had been walking for less than ten minutes when their small, lop-sided home came in to view. Aku-Aku quickly floated over towards the odd round door that guarded the entrance to the house.
"Hurry, children. We must not keep out guests waiting, that would be rude." The guiding spirit urged them and they quickly picked up the pace. Upon entering the house, they walked quickly down the front hallway towards to main room. Coco and Crash gasped at the two figures they saw, who were playing with Pura, Polar and T-Trip, Crash's baby T-Rex that followed him home from their time warp adventure.
"About time you two get home." A massive bandicoot said to them as mock scolding as he looked at the guess.
"Well, sorry, Crunch. Crash and I had a little fruit fiasco by the beach…." Coco retorted as she held up some of her hair to show him that it was purple with wampa juice. Aku-Aku shook his head.
"Children, this is no time to bicker. Now please come forward."
The three bandicoot children apologized and walked into the room.
"Oh, Aku. You back?"
Coco heard a male voice with a slight accent come from the shorter of the two guests, who the young bandicoot was quite freaked out about since he lacked limbs and his body parts seemed to just hover near each other.
"Correct, and I have brought them back with me."
"Wonderful! Shall we begin then?"
Coco heard the words come forth in a sweet and gentle voice, said by the taller of the two. Coco and her older brothers sat on the floor in front of their guests and Aku-Aku floated over to introduce them.
"Coco, Crash, Crunch. This is Rayman and Ly, they are here with an offering of thanks." The old guardian told them as Rayman and Ly wave when their name came up. The children all looked at each other until Coco voiced all their thoughts.
"Thanks? But I don't recall that we've done anything that should be rewarded…." Coco trailed off, confusion deeply intertwined with her tone of voice. Ly, who looked much like a human except she was far thinner than any known human, had dark purple hair, long pointed ears and beautiful bushy purple tail, put a hand in front of her mouth and let forth a soft giggle.
"Silly, Coco. By saving your dimension you have in turn saved ours from any more disaster."
Rayman crossed his arms, or at least it would have looked like that if he had arms, and smiled warmly.
"Yeah, thanks to you. I can go about my job of stopping evil and not having to worry about an outside threat."
"Your dimension? You're from a different one?" Crunch asked, very confused.
Ly smiled sweetly and nodded softly as Aku-Aku spoke.
"Yes, children. The portal to their realm lies deep within the ancient ruins found at the very center of the second Island. So if Crash had not stopped Cortex-" He was quickly cut off by Coco, who finished the sentence.
"He could have found the portal and a ton of mutated havoc in their world!"
All the bandicoots were all shocked as if hit them and their guests nodded slowly.
"As a thank you, we have brought you each a gift from the inhabitants of our world." Ly told them in her gentle voice, and opened a small portal in the air, making the bandicoot children gasp.
"How did you do that?" Coco asked, her emerald eyes wide with surprise making Ly smile again.
"I'm a fairy, so I can open a portal to a tiny dimension that hold things in so that I can get them at any time."
The only reply she got was a set of three "oooohh"s as she pulled an object out of the small dark green portal.
"Crash, would you come here please?"
The young male bandicoot got to his feet and walked over to the fairy.
"Crash, this is a hand-woven armband with three magic feathers from an ancient bird found only on the peak of the tallest mountains of our world. They offer it to you as thanks." Ly told him as she slipped onto his left arm, stopping at the top of his forearm. Crash smiled as he looked at it, the actual band's rusty brown and golden yellow threads matched perfectly with his short orange fur while the green, red and blue feathers caught the eye.
"Crash, each feather doses something different." Rayman informed him and continued as he pointed to each feather and explained what they did.
"These will help you if you ever need to fight again and you will be covered in an energy that corresponds with the color feather you have activated. The blue feather is for defense; when activated, your body will be covered in a blue energy that you will use to block and/or deflect oncoming attacks. The red feather is for offense; when activated, your body will be covered in a red energy that takes shape natural weapons. Such as a tail to lash things, long energy fangs for your energy outline or long claws that can't be broken and rip or pass through most objects. Last is the Green feather, my personal favorite, is for movement; when activated, your body will be covered in a green energy that brings up you running speed a ton and gives you the ability to see in any darkness. The green feather's last power is the power flight; how long you can stay in the air is based on your endurance and stamina and how well you control them. Using these powers will drain your body's stamina, except for the night vision, but very slowly. So we advise you only use them when needed, do what you wanna do." Rayman finished and took a massively deep breath.
"Dang that was one big mouthful for me to say." He commented to Ly, who giggled softly and Crash thanked them before sitting down next to his siblings again. Ly, the beautiful purple-haired fairy, pulled another give from the void. It was a large orb of swirling, crystal clear water that had what looked like ribbons of blue and red water tied around it. Coco was shocked that the water had a form and actually kept it, but was even more shocked when Ly called her up.
'I wonder what it is… The water's swirling to fast to make out what that thing in the middle is…' She thought to herself as she walked towards the only other female in the house.
"Coco, please put out your hands."
"Ok…."
"This is a gift to a young girl who needs to learn how to take a break from the world of technology and learn how to escape in to the world of nature's natural beauty."
Ly told Coco once she put her hands out, Ly laid the water orb gently in her palms.
"Oh no! I'm sorry!" The young bandicoot gasped in apology as the "ribbons" began to melt once the orb touched her hands but Ly only giggled.
"Don't worry about it, Coco This is a gift from the Water Lums of our world, and that orb is just the gift wrapping. It's customary for the recipient to be the one to release it from its packaging."
Coco sighed in relief at Ly's words and calmly let the rest of the cool water drip through her delicate orange fingers. Her emerald eyes started to sparkle as she saw what the water left behind.
"They're beautiful….!" She exclaimed in a soft voice as she gazed down at the silver jewelry that lay in her palms; a necklace on a thin-link chain with a large, yet not tacky looking, diamond-shape aquamarine stone at the end. The other pieces of jewelry were a pair of small hoop earrings; each with a tiny diamond-shaped aquamarine stone in the middle of the bottom part of the hoop. Ly gave a small sigh of joy as she and Rayman saw the look on Coco's face. Rayman looked up at Ly who nodded, it was her time to explain the gift.
"Coco?"
"Yes?" She quickly answered back and looked up.
"Would you like to hear the powers they hold?"
"Of course, thank you."
"Well, first things first. As I said, this is a gift from the Water Lums, which are magical creature that allow a person to breathe under water when held onto. Recently, they have learned how to put their powers into items and have offered you a few of said items." Ly started then took a deep breath and continued, "Let's start with the necklace; first of all, it was made just for you and will only work when you are wearing it. It holds the power to allow you the powers of underwater breathing, underwater sight and swim speed. The earrings can be given to anybody to use," Ly cast a glace over at Pura as she said the last part, "they each give the ability of underwater breathing. But the last two abilities are split between them; the left holds the power of underwater sight while the right holds the power of swim speed, each are labeled." The fairy finished with a sweet smile.
"Thank you so much, I'll be sure to try them out." Coco couldn't hold back the utter joy in her voice as she thanked them and went to sit back down next to her brothers.
"Cool, now for the last one. Crunch, you're up." Rayman said with smile on his face, his accent adding a nice touch to his words. Crunch saw Ly pull something small out of the portal, but he knew if it was anything like Crash and Coco's gifts it would still be good.
"Crunch, we had this earring made just for you." Ly told him and she laid it gently in his large, natural palm and continued, "When you wear it, it will give to you the ability to see objects at far distances, even at night. Plus, it will heighten the scale of your strength a great amount and make your muscles denser to withstand heavy attacks yet not make you sink in the water."
"Thanks a bundle, pretty miss." Crunch said happily as he gently closed his fist around the earring and walked back to his spot and sat down.
The giving of gifts, even though it didn't feel like long, had taken them well into the evening.
"Well, Ly. I guess we should be heading home now." Rayman suggested as he lay his hands behind his head and looked towards his old friend, who was about to say something when she got cut off by Coco.
"Oh, please stay for dinner! After you came all this way to give us these wonderful gifts it's the least we can do."
Rayman looked over at Ly, who shrugged and nodded with a sweet smile.
"Ok."
"Great! C'mon, boys. Let's go get dinner started!" Coco exclaimed as she leapt to her feet and head for the kitchen, gifts in hand and brothers close behind her.
"Nice kids." Rayman commented once they were gone.
"Indeed. You're very lucky, Aku-Aku." Ly told the old spirit as she sat in the middle of the carpet and crossed her legs so that her ankles were resting on the opposite knee and Rayman cam to sit next to her.
"Thank you, both, for coming."
"No problem, Doc."
"Yes, it was a pleasure."
The three continued to converse as the bandicoot children worked their very hardest to prepare a pleasant meal.
~~~~~~~~~~~A/N: First things first, this will most likely be the only chapter with characters that have nothing to do with the Crash games. Second, this story is mostly about Coco and Pura, since they are my favorite characters. Third, this first chapter tells you about the items these three use in every other story I wtire about the bandicoot siblings.
